April 27, 2018
Singer Kelis has accused her former husband and hip-hop
artiste Nas of mentally and physically abusing her during their marriage.
The former couple got married in 2005 and divorced in 2010. The "Milkshake"
singer has said she made the decision to leave him while she was pregnant with
their now-eight-year-old son, Knight, because she didn't want to bring her child
into the alleged abusive environment, reports aceshowbiz.com.
"There was
a lot of mental and physical abuse. An intense low... we had a lot," she told
HollywoodUnlocked.com.
She added: "It was really dark. A lot of drinking.
A lot of mental and physical abuse and it got to the point where if I wasn't
pregnant, I might have stayed with him. I was pregnant and it was a mess and I
felt like I wasn't going to bring a child into this."
Kelis also claimed
frequent alcohol and drug use led to turbulence during the relationship and they
never had a "normal" time together.
"We had really intense highs and
really intense lows. It was never normal... An intense high would be when money
was rolling in. But I was 22 when I met him. We were drinking a lot, getting
high a lot. So when that comes down, it was bad," she said.
The
38-year-old says they both physically assaulted each other, but she made the
decision to leave the rapper after she saw the pictures of singer Rihanna
following her domestic violence assault at the hands of her then-boyfriend Chris
Brown in 2009.
Kelis and Nas are currently locked in a custody battle
over Knight and in the interview she hits out at her former husband for
allegedly not being consistent about spending time with their son.